Libya : A no lie zone

[Ed Jewett]

NTC taps engineer who lived in U.S. for decades as interim leader 31 Oct 2011 Libya's National Transitional Council elected Monday an engineer who lived in the United States for more than three decades to serve as acting prime minister of the transitional government [following the US-backed coup]. Abdurrahim El-Keib won the job with a bare majority, gaining 26 votes from the 51 NTC members present. El-Keib, an NTC member representing Tripoli, has been a member of the Libyan opposition.

via LegitGov